Three days before New Year’s Eve, I was outside buying food, thinking about my future. Uncertainty, demotivation, and deliberate inaction were mountains I shouldered on a daily basis, and I have no idea what’s going on. I also don’t have any plans to do anything about it too. Over the months, I felt that my … Continue reading The Moment Where A Single Child Changed My View on Passion
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The Struggle, The Result
In the year 2014, I arrived at school with bloodshot eyes and a heavy heart. I couldn’t get a wink of sleep last night. I spent my time rolling around my bed and sitting by my desk, back and forth, the whole entire night. Yesterday morning, my homeroom advisor told us he would be announcing … Continue reading The Struggle, The Result
the ‘secret’ hideout
In the summer of 2006, in front of our house, lay an abandoned lot lush with green and varying insects. Deeper inside that pseudo-jungle were kids of different ages gathered around a barely recognizable bonfire discussing today’s activities. It was the gathering of the kids in the northern part of the subdivision. We called ourselves … Continue reading the ‘secret’ hideout
stupid thoughts when I was child
I remember my “near-death experience” when I was a child so vividly. I was a 9-year-old stupid kid in Bohol, Philippines having the time of life by the ocean. I remember my family and relatives renting two square balsas — I remember it being so big since it also has a cute house on top of … Continue reading stupid thoughts when I was child